In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies
The seven essays collected in this book address the history of modern ideas and contemporary cultural issues. The first is the discourse of Marquard's acceptance of the Sigmund Freud prize; the second addresses the equivalence of modernity and the theodiceé; the third confronts the idea of "meaning"; the fourth considers the notion of world history; the fifth addresses world alienation; the sixth deals with the human sciences; and the seventh is a mediation on chance and luck as essential aspects of the human condition.
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In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies
The seven essays collected in this book address the history of modern ideas and contemporary cultural issues. The first is the discourse of Marquard's acceptance of the Sigmund Freud prize; the second addresses the equivalence of modernity and the theodiceé; the third confronts the idea of "meaning"; the fourth considers the notion of world history; the fifth addresses world alienation; the sixth deals with the human sciences; and the seventh is a mediation on chance and luck as essential aspects of the human condition.
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In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies

In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies

In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies
In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies

In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen): Philosophical Studies

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The seven essays collected in this book address the history of modern ideas and contemporary cultural issues. The first is the discourse of Marquard's acceptance of the Sigmund Freud prize; the second addresses the equivalence of modernity and the theodiceé; the third confronts the idea of "meaning"; the fourth considers the notion of world history; the fifth addresses world alienation; the sixth deals with the human sciences; and the seventh is a mediation on chance and luck as essential aspects of the human condition.

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ISBN-13: 9780198022312
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 07/25/1991
Series: Odéon
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 209 KB

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University of Gniessen, Germany
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